Alternative Bi-Pectoral Muscle Flaps for Postoperative Sternotomy Mediastinitis Periklis Tomos, Elias Lachanas, MD, Panagiotis O. Michail, Alkiviadis Kostakis The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 81, Issue 2, Pages 754-755 (February 2006) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.065 Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Preservation of the anterior perforating artery. (B) Placement of the first single row of interrupted, half-buried, vertical mattress stitches. (C) All sutures in the first row have been placed. (D) The second row of simple stitches. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2006 81, 754-755DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.10.065) Copyright © 2006 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions